Buzzer beater smallie

[Chrisper4694]

went out saturday...yeah, bad move. WINDY! I was taking waves over the back, had to bail the boat twice ankle deep in water. What a PITA! I did manage a handful of crappie though and one 22" pickerel that i swore was an eye the way it fought, but nope. called it by 11 with one battery dead already and just annoyed.

Sunday, last minute changed plans so i headed back for revenge. No eyes again! (i think i have some kind of anti walleye funk on me) so I had some fun with the crappie again, half hoping i'd run into a smallie or eye. Nope, just plenty of crappie up to 12".

After i had my fill of that i switch over to smallies and saw birds working...couldn't get a tap with jerks, flies, blades, swimbaits...waste of time, not sure what was going on but there had to be bass chasing bait.

Last ditch effort for bass before i left was a drop shot into and near the weed edge/drop offs. within a few minutes i was catching small bass. Ended on a high note with a nice 18.25" acrobat that jumped near the boat a few times while i was trying to get it.

If you like bass or panfish and you haven't tried drop shot yet...you're missing out...and i'm sure it works with other species too. I just started trying it this year and it has saved a few days already for me for sure!

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[JDTuna]

That's a big, beautiful smallie for sure!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Great report with some fish caught. The drop shot is a great method for Crappie as well as other species. Good looking SMALLIE dude! :D

[Lard Almighty]

Nice December smallie! And a school of crappie has saved many fishing days for me as well.

[NJSquatch]

NICE! way to get out there... your nuts for even trying on saturday.

i just found drop shotting this year as well. Saved my Lake George vacation this summer

[Rich196]

Wow is Chris's beard getting bigger by the day, or is it just me? LOL I do a lot of drop shot myself with very good result's throughout the year, works very well in mid summer when the water is hot, and the fish are deeper. What I also like about it, there are so many options to what you can use to drop shot. I caught most of my fall, and late fall fish on the drop shot. NICE smallie bro.

[Esox Luciano]

Great looking smallie dude!! This fall fishing is dragging on pretty well. I've heard some guys in the bass tourneys swear by the drop when they're not hitting other presentations.

[briansnat]

Nice fish. I caught my PB smallie on a dropshot rig a few years ago.